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r % FOUND IN HAREM ? Taken Out by Friend and Came to This Country But May Return ARABIAN NIGHTS TALE Beautiful Young Greek Widow Is Being Held at Kills Island, New York CHy, With the Friend Who / Rescued ller From Her Slavery in Damascus. The immigration authorities ar Ncw York are in an awkward position as to the course to be pursued in the case of a Greek girl of- unusual hcuuty now a prisoner 011 101 lis 1sl?n<l. With her is a man who says he is her protector and guardian, nothing more. The girl is Marie Mopila. According to the story of her cous/ in, Mrs. Haflfi Hebella. wife of a merchant, who lives at No. 178 At i-ntic avenue, Hrooklyn, this young to'nm ) vi i u 'i ! *? f 11 trnn frnm n 11 fl tV> Ml . 'n which h!io was held a prisoner i.ino years. The man with her, Antonio Jahara, a fellow countryman *.nd long time admirer of the girl, helped her to escape from the harem. Marie Ilopila and Jahara admitted to the immigration authorities that they are not married, hut they contended that under the unusual conditions of the girl's flight her companion from motives of friendship could do nothing else than escort her who had been the slave of a Pasha safely to America. The two arrived on the American !'ner New York on Sunday. Ellis Irinnd is now investigating the case. Mrs. Hebella, the Brooklyn cousin of the girl, in a letter to Commissioner WPliams set forth the romance of the Creek girl. iMnrie Hopila, the letter says, was married according to the custom 1 her people when thirteen years lrl Shortly after her marriage her husband died. The girl widow, Kkiir-ii at needlework, then supportAd herself by sowing. She was sitting in front of the place where she lived in Damascus busy with her ecdle one day as a Pasha passed that way. The Pasha was captivated by the beauty of the girl widow. First he attempted to woo her openly, hut Marie did not like the Pasha, although he was rich and powerful. She repulsed him, repelled all his advances and ran away from him. Put the Pasha was crafty. Determined not to he baffled in his pursuit of the young beauty, he employed a woman to seek out Marie, gain ber confidence and invite this girl to W'c- I) ainn to ho omnlnvnd rm .1 tippHIp woman. Having the child widow within his houne, tho Pasha took her forcibly and put her in his harem. Marie Hopila had a faithful friend ' In Jalmra, who had known her at the time of her marriage. He sough* her after her disappearance, kept up if ,?!fi search for nine years, and at )hst was informed by one of his serrants that, she was an inmate of the |Hp Fasha's harem. Jahara disguised himself as a peddler. called at the Pasha's house, sol 1 hie wares at a loss, led on the greedy Pasha to patronize him further, gain* 1 lite conldencc of the Pasha's ervants and after tliree or fount' Wiont lis snecoeded in entering the t /' r ash a's harem, met Marie and quick* ly arranged with her a plan of ?\sca pp. She is a communicant of the Greek f'hurch. She begged her lord, as she had been a prisoner for nine years, to allow her to attend church 0ii?r:d'> t!ie harem. At last he eonVfcrnfed. and in a month, guarded by $twv> slaves, the girl started for ' (hurcli. On the way site broke from her Attendants, joined Jahara and wi'h him took a steamer from Damascus 2 ) for .Marseilles, wbetice t.hev made their way to Southhampton, lOng? land In Southhampton they com. n.nui' ated with Mrs. Hebella "and / following her advice came to New ^ Ycrk. L Mrs. Hebella has appealed to the m Commissioner of Immlgiatlon not to deport her cousin to Southompton r' as Droit Britain will surely send her 'i tack to Damascus, where almost certain death awaits her. * Organ (irindcr's Port line. An estate valued at more than J ISO.000, accumulated by an Italian ? in. .. l,.,iwl r?r">nn nod n lllOUkcV. IS Willi <i ^. In tlio Hennepin County, Minn., Prv hnto Cpurt to ho divided between ebnritv and well-to-do relatives. The ?properly Is that of John Zignego, , who died Nov. 10 at the home of Joseph Zignego, a nephew. He was known to thousands only as "Monj key John." $ Died on Train Hurrying to Durham on learning i ef the death of her nephew Mr*. I Zinnia Yenrby, of Hieensboro. N C ^ 7 died on the train as t wm no.trl; g it 1 p* city. She had succumbed to *rlef and shock. The nephew was j Thomas Roblvns, nrd a yonng nicrtthant. and her favoriio. Tim bodies will ho Interred side by side. * FIKSI IN THE STATE CORN EXPOSITION NOW BEING HELD IN COLUMBIA. Marks of tho Climax in the Production of tliut Valuable Crop in the Southern States. ml A Cli n i rvrt n/xwn I 111? nu Ul 11 MllitUUC OlilUB VUI U exhibition, which opened Tuesday morning, will bo the first corn show lield in the South and will mark ini era in the progress of this section, it is expected that several thousand farmers will attend. The exposition will be educational as well as entertaining. The finest collection of corn over gathered together in the South will be on exhibition. Approximately $10,000 iii prize* will be given for the best corn exhibited. Quality and not quantity will be considered. In connection with the exposition there is a corn show, participated in by the members of the boys' corn clubs. This show will be under the direction of the United States farm demonstration work. i The exposition will be educational in its nature, as well as entertaining. Several well known corn experts are present to deliver addresses on seed selection, corn judging and fertilization. The judging of corn will be esneoinllv stressed. The exposition is the culmination of tiie movement for production of corn in the South. The exposition fmphasi7.es the fact that there lias ; 1 een much corn produced in the South and that the quality has been Improved. The federal census for this year shows the corn crop of the South to lie 160,000,000 bushels greater than last year. A yield of approximately 50,000,00 0 bushels has been secured in South Carolina. This means that corn will bo shipped from the State next year. The railroad men say that shipment of corn from the West to South Carolina lias already fallen off materially. Many counties of this State will b?? represented by the hoys' corn clubs. There will he several hundred exhibits, which insures the success of the exposition. It is the purpose of those interested in the exposition to make the corn show to the South Just what the national corn show has been to the West. Prizes have been arranged for each county in South Carolina for the conp rr??sinri:?I riist riots i n Smith Pnrn Una, and for the three zones each in Vorth Carolina and Georgia. Sweeprtakes will he offered for the b^st 10 ears of yellow corn, prolic white corn, single ear variety white corn, j single ear and bushel lots from all States. All these exhibits will come etogether in grand sweepstakes and grand champion sineepstake classes. In connection with the exposition there will be a cooking school conducted by students of Winthrop college. Corn products will be prepar' ed and served. The exposition will run to Friday, Inclusive. The rates tr Columbia have been very much reduced by the railroads and it is hoped that many farmers and others will visit the exposition. ? ? TIM.MAX WILL NOT ItHTIItH. Senator Will Hold Togo Until He (iocs to His Grave. i "Retire!" exclaimed Senator Till[ r.ian, repeating an inquiry. "I shall . nol retire until they bury me; I have , no idea of quitting the eanie," said . Senator Tillman in Washington on Friday. ) Tho South Carolina Senator, who , arrived in Washington Friday, was in his committee room at the Capl* , tol and appeared to he as vigorous as he was before he was stricken . down by severe illness during the last session of Congress. Mr. Tillman expects to remain four or five days only, however, lie . will return to his home this week, hut counts upon coming hack to ; Washington early, in January, when, , he says, tho real business of the session will begin. He said he felt in good condition for work, hut would rot apply himself so assiduously as formerly. Mrs. Tillman, emphasized the last remark by declaring that she , would keep him as quiet as possible. "Yes, ' said the Senator, "she is running the airship and 1 guess she will he able to keep it pretty close to < artli." Senator Tillman attributes his restoration to health to the fact that s:nro he got out of bed he has been giving his latent ion to the building of i a big barn on his plantation. He colli f h n f t h r% wnrlr lionofifftrl him li\r giving him something (o think about j besides himself. * Many Horses Ikirn. About twenty horses were burned to death in a stable lire at Albemarle, N. C., on Saturday morning before j day. It is not known how the fire started hut no doubt it caught from a cigar or cigarette, as it caught near the back where no stove was. Large Wheat Farmer. .T. N. Fike of Colby, Thomas coun, fv, Kansas, is probably the most x, tensive indivi lual grower of hard red winter wheat in the world, havi ing harvested nearly 1 4,000 acres of that grain in 11)10. * THE STATE VOTE" ^ ] The Important Constitutional Amendments Are All Passed. VERY SMALL VOTE CAST The Number of Votes Each Stale % Ofllcer and Congressman Received I ?Attorney-General I,yon Leads All the State Officers In the NuiiiI her of Vote s Heceived. The State board of canvassers, meeting Friday, officially declared the results of the general election, j 1 eld 011 November 8. The constitutional amendments proposed passed, j including those to increase the membership of the supreme court form ! !c ur to five members and to assess] abutting property for permanent improvements in the cities of Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville ana lie town of Manning. For govern(?, C. VV. Manning, a Socialist, received 7 0 votes, and C. L. Blease [ 0,739. The average cast for the >ther State officials was about 30,000. This is below the average vote 'cr general elections. The members of the State board are Comptroller General Jones, Attorney General Lyop, Adjutant General Boyd, State Treasurer Jennings, Secretary of State McCown, and K. P. Smith of the election committee of the house. Vote for Officers. The following is the vote for the State offices in the general election: Governor 3 0,73 9 r ieutenant governor 3 0,83 2 Secretary of state 30,925 Attorney general 30,934 S'ate treasurer 3 0,907 Comptroller general 30.S74 Superintendent of education. 30,804 j Adjutant general 30,881 I Railroad commissioner.. .. 30,703 The largest vote cast in the general election was cast for Attorney General Lyon. For Congress. The nominees of the Democratic party for congress were opposed In lour districts. Following is the vote: First District. George S. Legare 3,4 12 A. P. Prioleau 0 9 Fil'tii District. Wyatt Aiken 2,588 W. D. Mann 2 Fourth District. .J. T. Johnson 7,610 T. Brier 81 Seventh District. A F. Lever 4,762 it. H. Richardson 214 The Amendments. The vote on the amendments follows: Constitutional amendment to secilon 7, article 8, so that the limitations of said section and section 5 or article 10 shall not apply to the tcwn of Darlington. 1-or the amendment 4,3 91 Against the amendment.. .. 2,741 Constitutional amendment to section 7, article 8, relating to municipal eondod indebtedness he amended so that the limitations Imposed bv said section and by section 5 of art'cle 10 shall not apply to the towns m Aiken, Camden, Cheraw, Clinton, Ddgefield and St. Matthews. 1< or the amendment 4,939 Against tho amendment.. .. 3,130 Constitutional amendment to sect'on 7, article 3, so that the limitations imposed by said section and by section 5, article 10, shall not appiy to the city of Aiken. For the amendment 4,210 Against the amendment.. .. 2.032 Constitutional amendment to soc| tion 7, article 8, so that the limitations imposed by said section and by i sect ion f>, article 10, shall not apply to tho town of St. Matthews. For the amendment 4,4.34 Against tno amendment.. .. 2.n 1 ? Constitutional amendment to section 7, article 8, so that the limit a-| f.ions imposed by said section and by section 5 of article 10, shall not apply to the bonded indebte !ncss of any municipal corporation when the . rooeeds of said bonds he applied J solely and exclusively for the purchase, establishment and mainten- ! ance of waterworks plant, sewerage svstem or lighting plant. I For the amendment 4.020 Against the amendment.. .. 2.807 Constitutional amendment to sec ion 12, article V, relating to associite justices and decisions by the supreme court: Por tho amendment 5,800 Against, the amendment.. .. 8,150 | Constitutional amendment to section 2, article V, changing the nunito fourber of associates justices from 8 to 4 and changing tho term of ofhcc from eight to ten years: T or the amendment 0,507 Against the amendment.. .. 4,4 10 Constitutional amendment to ar- i ticle X by adding as section 11 a section authorizing the corporate authorities of Creenville, Spartanburg, Columbia and Manning to assess abutting property for street and sidewalk improvement. Tor tho amendment 5,347 , Against the amendment.. .. 3,112 Constitutional amendment to section 0, article X, permitting certain townsships in tho counties of Croen| vood and Saluda to issue bonds In BRYAN WARNS PARTY nE SEES NO PARTY UPBUILDING BY NEW LEADERS. Asserts tlmt Class of Demoerats Elected in November Are Representatives of "Special Interests." In the Commoner W. J. Ilryan crlt- , "cises the New York World for its I raise of the class of leaders elected in November, saying: "The bred of leaders whom men of intelligence can follow is, according to The World, that character of men whose environment has in many cases made them believe, and in some cases caused them to pretend to believe, that oniy sane, i progressie and cautious, according to the vintage of 1010, and the only safe and sane, according to the vintage of 1904, government is that dominated by the special interests. "The New York World way to complete rehabilitation of the Democratic party is indeed simple. The trail is indeed plainly blazed. It i3 the way the Democratic party looked v hen in 1802 it marched throu gh a slaughter-house to a bloody grave, as Henry Watterson put it. And the trail is the trail of 1901 plainly plazed by the New York World and other champions of a safe and sane Democrat. "What is the thing the New York World calls Bryan Socialism from! which in The World's view the party has been emanciapated? "Democrats will better understand the meaning of The World and Its followers if they use the latest Democratic national platform as a calcium light in which to read the purpose of these organizers." In turn Mr. Bryan asks The World what changes it would make In the last national platform; would It repeal the plank concerning trusts, change the railroad planks, oppose nopular election of Senators, favor phip subsidy, and he concludes, "the fault is that when The World pleads lor a sane, progressive and cautious Democrat it means just as it meant in 1004, a Democrat that holds the world of promise to the people's ear rnly to break it to their hope, a Democrat that represents special interests rather than public interests, a Democracy that spells ruin to the Democratic party even as it spells! privilege to Wall street." * PHKACIIEK IN TROUBLE. ? lie Leaves Letter to Conference Confessing Theft. A sensation was sprung in the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church, South, at Elizabeth City, N. C., on Friday, when a litter was read from Rev. L. N Booth, of Chowan circuit, acknowledging that he had misappropriated missionary and (conference funds amounting to about $200, that he had fled to New Jersey and could not return the money. Charges were immediately preferred and a trial ordered. It is a had case. Booth, who was highly regarded by his congregation and fellow members of conference, was said to have left home four weeks ago, without the knowledge of the presiding elder, on the plea that his invalid wife was In a sanitarium in Now Jersey. IBs congregation had recently presented kirn with a fine horse and buggy and 1 a new suit of clothes to wear to con fcrence. ! ? 1IMM) TIGHKS GA L<)UK, o Twenty Arrested in One Day in tin* City of (jloMsboro. Ono day last week a wholesale raid was made on blind tiger joints i 11 Goldsboro, X. C., and when the police court opened twenty tigers wore ca rd in the city hall charged wth selling whiskey. Many brands of different kinds of whiskey were displayed by four detectives, three of them white and one a negro, who have been in the city for some time working on the cases. Ten of the eases were tried, live going free and the oilier five hound over to high*;court. Counsel for the defendants made things rather unpleasant for tba detectives w' ile giving their evidence. | !>{<*?! from Hubbies. August .Miller, 50 years old, of ' 1 South Sixth street, Newark, X. i., who was admitted to the City Hospital last Thursday suffering from hydrophobia, died on Friday ? tght. He is the second victim of ; a hies in his family. Nine years r.go his brother Charles died from the same cause. * t < * A Harbor Starvcr. Elbert Morida, who lived his ninety years without ever having been shaved or bavin? his hair cut, is iioad of typhoid fever. lie was one f the oldest settlers of Brown County, Tenn. In his little log home -re a number of rattlesnake skins the wearing of which as belts he attributes his long life. * id of the Greenwood and Saluda .nilroad company: or the amendment 4.000 Against the Amendment.. ..2.957* IS LOCKED UP Mary Harris Held in Crnnectioo With the Laogford Murder. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR The Young Woman In Taken to Columhiu and Put in tlie Penitentiary, Along With the Negro Who She Says Did the Killing in ller Presence. Mary Harris, tho 20-year-old Hampton County girl, who, since shortly after J. K. Langford's body M <ia i (Mi n u i ucduaj I11MI II 111^ vi n lias been held in the Hampton county jail, either as a witness or charged with having some connection with l is murder, was carried to the pen- : ilentiary Sunday night. The State says why the girl has been brought to the penitentiary could not be learned Sunday night. , '1 he officer who brought her "did not want to talk to newspapers" and nobody else seemed to know the leason why, and pp.chance the officer from Hampton didn't know. The girl, when seen at the union station, seemed far from terrible. A white sweater, an apron and a hat with red ribbons on it, were the most striking parts of her apparel. J and she was trotting along behind the man who bad her in charge, apparently perfectly willing to follow his lead. Information from Hampton is that there is no rumor of violence there, and the frail slip of a girl does not 1 seem to one able to break such a sturdy structure as the Hampton jail surely Is. Richey Williams, the ne-| pro Mary Harris accuses of committing the murder, is lodged at the penitentiary, where he was carried Fun da" n 1 rrh t The case involving the white girl and the negro who are now behind the same stern walls at the State 1 penitentiary is a most mysterious t one. Tuesday morning J. It. Langford, a prosperous white farmer, left his home near Drnnson to go to Hopeep, a small station on the Seahoard Air Line Railway, where he was setting up a saw mill. He never reached the mill. He never returned homo alive. His hands at the mill awaited him ?n vain, and when ho did not put in appearance, they went to his home to find out what they should do. Night came on and as Mr. Langford i did not return home his wife he- j c ame alarmed and a searching party | was organized. After some hours of. search his horse and buggy were j found beside the road, the horse be- j big securely tied. A short distance j from the roadside Jim Langford was found dead, his body lying on J h's buggy robe. | \VnPnn?rtnv n nnrnnnr's tnrv i ... " i nn invostigat ion into tho death and | learned that Mary Harris, an illit- i erate whito girl, 20 years of age, who lived near where Mr. Rangford's body was found, knew something i about his death. ITpon being questioned closely, the. girl admitted, but unwillingly, that | she was with Mr. Langford in the. woods at the time he was killed. She said that Richev Williams, a negro I I man. bad crept up behind Mr. Langford and hit him over the head with . r. stick. 11 e never moved or spoke after the blow was delivered. The negro was arrested and to pro\cnt the possibility of any attempted lynching, was spirited away to Barnwell, and from there carried to Co! imbia and put. in the penitentiary for safe keeping. Tlnre was nothing brought out against him except j the statement made by the girl and i h's own statment that he thougnt he had seen Mr. Langford that morn- ! mg driving on tho Fairfax road. m KI LLL1) SIvTV- I W O SXAKIW. j V\ ere Wound Tightly in n Hall to Kesist tin* Frost. At Cambridge, Mass., Peter Thral, . a laborer employed ar. the pumping station, is a man of sober ntul orderly eon duet, phlegmatic and oL' sturdy! Mid well balanced physique. Hence Ms interest was calmly zoologic j v ben bo unearthed l5H snakes of various sizes wound tishtly In a ball as lie was digging a post hole at 1-reshpond. Thrai merely stood by, rr anted the reptiles as they unravelled, called his companion, Dclevrs, to verify the count and then with his aid despatched them. The squirming reptiles measured from six inches to three feet in length.* Three Drown in liny. A pleasure Rail on Jatnlca bay re suited in the drowning Friday of .three men. while a fourth was rosea ' ed in a serious condition. The dead men were all residents of Brooklyn They were drowned when theli launch capsized off Hooka way point. ' Dyin# from Hat Hi to. With fourteen rat bites on her n^dy Liebe Lewis, two yea 13 old, is ving of blood poisoning at Washing: ton, D. C. Mrs. Lewis was awakened by the child's cries and saw a big 1 at disappear. % GOES INK) COIKT MRS. B. R. TILLMAN, Jit., RUS HKIt HUSBAND FOR MONKY. rrocee(llnj{8, to be Instituted ? Edgefield County, Will be trte*U Next Murcli. Papers to be filed Saturday In Edgefield county by attorneys for Mrs. Lucy Dugas Tillman will a*>k 'or a judgment in the sum of $13, 07.1.08 against her husband, B. Tillman, Jr. The case will be ca to trial at the March term of '' urt of common pleas for Edge? county. This case follows the h eas corpus proceedings of last spr v. hen Mrs. Tillman secured her tv I'tfle girls from R. R. Tillman, U 'rtther of her husband. The action is brought to reeovt moneys alleged to have been collect ed by B. It. Tillman, Jr., as r<>nt3 i tract of land owned by .VIrs. Tiltman near the town of Edgedeld. The attorneys for Mrs. Tillman are l)?vPass & DePass of this city and S. McG. Simpklns-of Edgefield. The attorneys for B. It. Tillman Jr., are Grier and Park of Greenwood. The complaint has been served ? zi !>. It. Tillman, Jr., and his attorns v ave made answer, in which a nu* her of allegations are denied and r co in which he makes a number o? claims as to what amounts he ha* expended. Following is the summons: You are hereby summoned and re To the Defendant Above Named: You are hereby cummoned and required to answer the complaint in tliis action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and servo a. copy of your answer on the subscribers at their oilier, 121f> Washington street, Columbia, S. 0.. within 2t> days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and II you fail to answer the eomol aint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to tbo court for the relief demanded in th*s> complaint. DePass & DePass, S. McH. Simpkins, Attorneys for Plaintiff. 1110LI> CP It V A It 10A It. ? (range ilisliap That Itefeli ail A tomobilc Party. A Weaverville, N. C., letter says an \\ A. Goetz was automobiling with some women friend s on Sunday night the party was held up by av monster black hear on the road from that place to Douglas City. As they lounded a point the headlights revealed a startling bruin, who roared up on his hind feet and snarled der i a nee. Coetz, at t!io wheel, attempted to turn aside and drive around the beast. As he turned off the beast road a fore wheel drooped into a hoi? and the azle snapped. It was Imam! the axle snapped. It was imx rsslble to move the car forward or lackward. The women screamed. After the bear had gazed in wonderment at the strange spectacle for tv few minutes ho amhled off into th? hushes on the mountain-side. A second auto party on tho way tioni Douglas City to Weavervilla ; irked up Coetz and his friends a low minutes later and conveyed tlieni out ol t ii ? near zone. v A I \ 1CT Y-(>.\ 10 MILLION. Dopulat ion of CuitiMl St n tea May Keacli Stated Figures. Tho total population of the United states, as revealed by the 13th fonsus, is expected to be announced by the census bureau on Decernb3r 1 0. Counting Arizona and New Mexico as States, the totals for twentyout of the forty eight have been anneed. The grand total for 2t5 of these Stales is 00,0:10, TaO, which is a gain of between 21 and 2 2 per tit owr the population in the same States i!i 1000. At this rate of irvrtease the total populaioti of th? ntry should bo abou; y.1,000,0 00. The most striking development iho census so far shown is the ro tivo growth of cities and Industry centres compared with farming !** -Ions. The Kastern States have moro than held their own, while the State* cf the Middle West have fallen off. OUl Folks Die. George McCoy Stuart, aged 85, died at White Pine, Tentu, Friday afternoon. A sister, Mrs. Barak l*lazer, died at her Cooke county 'lotne Monday, aged 80, and another tirother, Ika Stuart, died at his home i' sUono's throw from his sister'* 1 oine. They were survivors of seven. Hurricane at Sea. Nearly .10 0 lives have been lost : Ind ton vessels have foundered in the Caspian sea In a terrible hurricane that swept that body of water, according to a report which was published in the The Herlin TagcblaH. The greatest havoc was wrought near Aethachan. #